Abdomen-compress.



T. P. TAYLOR. ABDOMEN ooMPBBss.

, APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10 1908. 915,049.

Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

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APPLIoATIoN FILED Nov.1o, 190s.

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THOMAS P. TAYLOR, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

ABDDlVEN-COMPRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1909.

Application led November 10, 1908. Serial No. 461,912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, THOMAS P. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county oi Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Abdomen- Compresses; and l do hereby declare the iollowing to be a full, clear, and exact descri tion of the invention, such as will enab e others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain new. and useful improvements in abdomen conipresses, and has for its object to provide a device of this description which shall be applied and operated Without the aid ot any hose supporters whatsoever, and with this end in view my invention consists in certain details of construction hereinafter fully set forth and then particularly pointed out in the claim which conclude this description.

ln the accompanying drawing Figures l, 2, 3, and 4, are elevations showing my improved compress equipped with various well known fixtures vfor connection with a corset-Fig. 5 a section at the line x, a5, oi Fig. Al--liig 6 a iront elevation showing my improvement applied in position upon a corset, and Fig. 7 a vertical central section of my improvement as it appears when in use on a corset, the latter being illustrated upon a human body shown in outline.

Similar characters of reference denote like parts in the several 'figures of the drawing.

My present invention com rises a one piece sheet structure preferab y oi metal, thin and resilient, having a general V -shape and provided with certain means to engage with the corset whereby the device cannot ride upwardly and will always lie normally immediately in front of the lower central portion of the hypogastric region of the abdomen, while a waist strap connected with the ends of the device is employed to pull the latter close to the form of the wearer, all oi which will be understood from the following description 1 is a thin integral sheet structure preferably of metal, resilient in its nature, and having a general V-shape and of a suitable width. The laterally extending portions 2, 3, diverge upwardly, so that when in position on the wearer they point toward the hips.

It is necessary to equip the structure 1 with some means whereby it may be secured to a corset in such manner as to prevent any upward movement, and l have shown sev* eral ways to accomplish this result. it Fig. 1 l have shown the structure eouipped with a iinger a projecting upwardly and having a perforation 5 for engagement over the stud of a corset in Fig. 2 l have shown a finger 6 projecting from the structure and provided with a recess 7 which is-adapted to engage against the lower portion of the stud .y

oi a corset `while the extremity of the iinger is narrowed so that it can readily pass between the elements oia corset clasp and assist in holding the structure in proper position; at Fig. l have shown the structure equipped with a well known ias tener S which is adapted to be engaged with the loop oi a corset clasp; and at Figs. d and 5 l have illustrated the structure equipped with a stud 9 projecting Jfrom the rear oi such structure and adapted to be engaged `sith the corset between the busks thereof. fill of these fixtures a'-, 3, 8, and 9, are well known devices that have heretofore been used in connection with combined abdomen compresses and hose supporters, and therefore l lay no claim to the same herein since it is merely necessary that my improvement should be equipped with some sort of fixture to engage with the corset and prevent upward movement.

At Fig. 6 l have illustrated the form of my improvement shown at Fig. 1 ap lied to a corset a, the nger 4 being engage over the stud 10 of the corset clasp, while a strap 11 secured to the lateral extension 3 is passed around the waist line of the corset rand secured at a proper tension to a buckle 12 carried by the lateral extension 2.

Of course, if desired, straps may be attached directly to the corset as shown in dotted lines at 13 and engage with buckles, shown in dotted lines at 14, carried by the lateral extensions, so as to properly secure my improvement at the necessary tension, and l therefore do not wish to be limited to any particular form of attaching straps.

My improvement must be engaged with the lowermost stud of the corset so that the structure 1 will cover the lower ends of the corset steels, and when in this position such structure is immediately in front of the lower central portion of the hypogastric region ofthe abdomen, while the middle and upper portions of the abdomen are perfectly free from any direct pressure tliat miglit be brouglit about by using my improvement.

Ordinarily the steels of a corset at their lower ends extend outwardly from the form of tlie wearer, as sliown at l5 in dotted lines at Fig. 7, but when my improvement is applied to a corset and tlre attaching straps tightly drawn, the lowermost portion or apex of tlie il-shaped structure l will be pulled inwardly and will tlereby force tlle steels lirinly against tl;e body of tile wearer and exert an upward pressure against tbe lower part of tire abdomen. Tliis inward pressure, Without tle aid of any l'iose supporters, is due to the fact tlg-'at tire structure l has sufficient width and diverges laterally toward tlie liips oi' tlie wearer, wliile tlie attacliing straps which extend from. a location above tlie liips tend to pull tlfrese lateral extensions upwardly tliereby imparting a torsional twist to said structure and tlzrowing tl'xe lower portion of tlre same inwardly.

Of course tlie metal structure l may be inclosed by any suitable fabric 16 as is sliown at Fig. 6, wliere tlre structure l appears in dotted lines, but tlis is not necessary although it miglit be advisable in some instances in order to prevent the soiling of tlie corset or otner clothing.

My improvement of course does not interlere with tlie attaclring of t'ne liose supporter tapes to the corset in tlie usual inanner, but I want it distinctly understood tb at bose supporters are not at all necessary for tlie proper operation of my present improvenient.

The -lixtures wliicli I employ for attaching my improvement to a corset are perfectly rigid, and tile widtli and area of the metal structure are suclr that t`ne tightening oli' tbe attaching straps will bring about a firm andV Having tlnis described my invention what.

l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters lDaten-t is An abdomen compress compri-sing a lain resilient one piece slleet structure of suitable widtli lraving a general V-sliape and provided witli means lor attaclnnent to a corset whereby suela structure. is prevented from riding upwardly, tlte lateral integral extensions of suoli structure when tlius applied to a corset pointing upwardly and outwardly toward tlle lfips, and straps engaging said extensions from t-.e waist line of tre wearer wlrereby a torsional twist may be imparted to said structure thereby pulling tlre latter lirnily against tbe form ot tlie wearer.

In testimony wliereof l arlix my signature in presence ol two witnesses.

Tl-TOMAS l. TAYLOR.

itnessesz F. WV. SMITH, Jr., M. T. LoNcnEN. 

